Luxury Tented Botswana Safari: Okavango Delta & Makgadikgadi

Fly overnight from London to Johannesburg with British Airways.

Connect through Johannesburg on to a morning flight to Maun, landing there in the early afternoon. You will be met off the plane and escorted through to domestic departures where you will catch your light aircraft flight to Duba Explorers in the North of the Okavango Delta. On arrival you will have time to have lunch, settle in an get ready for your first afternoon game drive.

After a quick coffee and maybe a light breakfast head out for your morning game drive and explore the endless wilderness. Duba Explorers is known for its incredible game viewing and today being your first full day in the bush hopefully you will see plenty. Spend the heat of the day relaxing, reading and having a long lunch before you head out for your afternoon game drive.

Having got a taste of what the Okavango has to offer yesterday afternoon, today is the chance for you to really experience what this incredible area has to offer. As well as traditional game drives the this camp is a great base to explore some of the waterway by boat or traditional mokoro, you can also take the opportunity to stretch your legs and go on a guided walk which is a great way to spot wildlife.

This morning you will enjoy a final safari activity from the camp and breakfast before being transferred back to the airstrip for you flight to the southern regions of the Okavango Delta. During your 25-minute flight take in the scenery from the air before arriving at the airstrip. You will be met by your guide and taken to Gomoti Plains camp to settle in for the next few nights and prepare for your afternoon activity.

As well as boasting access to amazing game viewing areas, Gomoti Plains is one of my favourite camps for just relaxing by the pool and watching the numerous elephants walk past. The tented suites are very spacious and luxurious with their own private decks, whilst the swimming pool is perfectly located looking over the meandering river in front of the lodge.

Like Duba Explorers, Gomoti offers a number of activities such as mokoro trips and bush walks. Both are a great way to get a different view of the wildlife and also spend time looking at creatures you would often drive straight past in a game drive vehicle. Chat with your guide and make a plan to squeeze in as much as possible into your final full day in the Okavango Delta.

This morning you will enjoy a final safari activity from Gomoti Plains and breakfast before being transferred back to the airstrip for a flight to the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans. Jack’s Camp is your final stop for 3 nights and in our opinion we have saved the best for last. You will arrive in good time to have lunch, settle in and go on one of the many activities this area has to offer.

Game drives are the ideal way to explore the vast open expanses of the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans. This allows you to cover lots of ground increasing your chances of seeing the most game. Although the wildlife is more sparse down here, the diversity is staggering and in the early mornings you will have a good chance of seeing Kalahari black maned lion, brown hyena, aardwolf, ostrich, zebra, wildebeest and numerous other desert adapted species.

For your final full day its time to get up close and personal with one of the habituated meerkat families which find their home not too far from camp. These meerkats are fully wild, however, over a long period they have been habituated so they are fully relaxed in human presence that means you can follow them whilst they hunt and interact with each other.

After a morning relaxing at camp and maybe a morning game drive if time allows you will be collected and taken to the airstrip for your small plane flight to Maun airport. From here you will fly to Johannesburg and the overnight connection to London Heathrow with British Airways.